Necktie



Aug.- 18, 1936. J w l 2,051,322

NECKTIE Original Filed March 5, 1936 INVENTOR. JACK M/s BA UM.

ATTORNEYS.

Patented Aug. 18, 1936 UNITED STATES NECKTIE Jack Weisbaum,

Original application March 5, 1936, Serial No. 67,345. Divided and this application May 15,

1936, Serial No. 79,957

3 Claims.

My invention relates to improvements in necktie construction and this application is a division gf 11:; application Serial No. 67,345 filed March In the manufacture of neckties it has been the custom in the past to lay a plurality of plies of material on the cutting table, and in accordance with a predetermined pattern, to cut through a number of successive layers at the same time. This makes a desired number of ties with various kinds of material which may be made up inthe same manner, and the ties will accordingly all be the same size.

There are a great many different styles of neckties, both of the four-in-hand and bow type, and there are various plans of folding the ma-' .terial and inserting linings in the ties.

Heretofore the silk or other fabric from which the ties are made is usually such that it must be blocked before the tie can be made up. In the parent application of which this forms a division, I have described necktie pressing mechanism and a method applicable for manufacturing four-inhand ties of variable structure. The .method 25 consists in impressing creases in the fabric piece of which the tie is made along predetermined fold lines while the fabric piece is in unfolded condition and subsequently folding the fabric along the crease lines and using tacking stitches to 30' secure the folds together.

The invention as set forth herein which comprises a preferred type of four-in-hand tie is preferably manufactured in accordance with the method noted. 85 Regardless of the method employed in its manufacture, this application relates to the neck tie itself and to its constructive features.

It is an object of my invention to provide a four-fold, three crease four-in-hand tie in which 40 the fabric of the tie is so arranged that the use of a liner is obviated.

It is an object of my invention to provide a four-in-hand tie without a liner in which the edges of the folds are so arranged underneath the creases of exposed folds so that 'he tie may be pressed to its original shape without the formation of polished lines extending down the exposed face of the tie. I

It is an object of my invention in a four-fold 60 three crease four-in-hand tie to so arrange the fabric on the bias that no reinforcement at the Cincinnati, Ohio REISSUED reference will be made in the ensuing description, I accomplish by that certain combination and arrangement of parts of which, I have shown a preferred embodiment.

Referring to the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a plan view of a piece of material creased and ready for folding into my preferred type of tie.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of'a finished tie made in accordance with my invention.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a finished tie laid out flat showing the spacing of'the tacking stitches.

Referring to the drawing, I have shown the tie material piece at i0 having diagonally cut 15 ends H, i la, the end Ha being the portion which is larger and which will accordingly form the outside face or visible portion of the four-in-hand tie after it is adjusted about the collar of a wearer.

The tie illustrated has three lines of fold or vcreases ab, cd and ef. These creases preferably are formed by a pressing operation but may be formed by pressing over forms in what has heretofore been the normal blocking process of the manufacture.

After the fabric has been creased or after it has had the crease lines indicated, the operator folds thefabrlc along the creases cf and ab. The double ply folds are then folded together along the creases cd. This will cause the edges gh of one side of the fabric piece and the edges ii of the other to lie in overlapped parallel arrangement extending along one of the edges of the finished tie as indicated in Fig. 2. The opposite edges of the tie will be formed by overlying layers, the outer layer being the fold along the crease ab, and the underlying folded layer the fold along the crease ef, so that when the tie is pressed the entire medial section, throughout substantially the length of the tie, will be free from any'underlying edges or edge folds of fabric, so that the tie may be pressed without danger of developing shiny lines. The close proximity of the inner fold 'ef lies sumciently close to the crease ab that the resiliency of the fabric at the crease ab prevents the development of a shiny line on the outer surface of the material registering with, the crease ef.

When highly resilient materialsuch as Palm Beach cloth is used as the fabric, and the materlal is cut on the bias, not only is no lining N required but the folds may be secured together with spaced bar tacks :2 along the creases ef, ab. With such a construction, there is no tendency for 2 the tie to pull out or twist at the tie portion and the tie may be laundered and pressed without it being necessary to remove the stitches or bar tacks which hold the tie together.

. the tacking stitchesare spaced-substantially in equal distance apart. Assuming that the length of the tie is from 46 to 48 inches the tacking stitches are arranged medially in a space of about 32 inches and since there are nine tacks they average slightly more than three inches apart. The tacking stitches extend through both plies of the underlying fold of material but are only secured through the ply of the fold underlying the front face of the tie. Thus the tacking stitches are sufficiently spaced and the manner of inserting them is such that there is no tendency to cause the tie to buckle when stitched. There is as complete resilience as occurs in a tie having a loose lining-secured with-loose stitching.

In the claims which follow, the folding of the blank into the finished tie is explained by referring to that portion or width of the tie between the creases cd, ab as the first or exposed width;

that portion between the crease ab and the side edge gh as the second width; that portion between the creases cd and ef as the third width and that portion between the creases ef and the side edge i7 as the fourth width.

Having thusdescribed my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure Patent, is: I l

1. A four-in-hand tie comprising a piece of fabric cut on the bias and uniformly stretchable throughout its length and having three folding creases extending throughout the length of the tie along which creases the: tie is folded into four approximately even widths producing four thicknesses of fabric throughout approximately the full width of that portion of the tie which is exposed to view when in use, the first width comprising the part exposed' to view when ,in use, the second width attached to the first and folded back against it along'one creased edge of said first width, the third width attached to the first and folded back along the other creased edge of the exposed width, the fourth width attached to the third and folded back along the other by Letters creased edge of said third width, the side edges of the second and fourth widths overlying each other substantially underneath and concealed by one edge crease of the exposed width, and the creased edge between the third and fourth width being spaced slightly inwardly from and thereby concealed by the other edge of the exposed width when in use. Y

2. A four-in-hand tie comprising a piece of fabric cut on the bias and uniformly stretchable throughout its length and having three folding creases extending throughout the length of the tie along which creases the tie is folded into four approximately even widths producing four thicknesses of fabric throughout approximately the full width of that portion of the tie which is exposed to view when in use, the first width comprising the part exposed to view when in use,

the second width attached to the first and folded back against it along one creased edge of said first width, the third width attached to the first and folded back along the other creased edge of the exposed width, the fourth width attached to the third and folded back along the other creased edge of said third width, the side edges of the second and fourth widths overlying each other substantially underneath and concealed by one edge crease of the exposed width and the creased edge between the third and four width being spaced slightly inwardly from and thereby concealed by the other edge of the exposed width when in use, and stitches spaced substantially apart securing the creased edge between the third and fourth width to the second width.

3. A four-in-hand tie comprising a piece of resilient fabric cut on the bias and uniformly stretchable throughout its length and having three folding creases extending throughout the length of the tie along which creases the tie is folded into four approximately even widths producing four thicknesses of fabric throughout approximately the full width of that portion of the tie which is exposed to view when in use, the first widthcomprising the part exposed to view when in use, the second width attached to the first and folded back against it along one creased edge of said first width, the third width attached to the first and folded back along the other creased edge of the exposed width, the fourth width attached to the third and folded back along the other creased edge of said third width, the side edges of the second and fourth widths overlying each other substantially underneath and concealed by one edge crease of the exposed width, and the creased edge between the third of the exposed width when in use.

JACK 'WEISBAUM. 

